Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2025. The appeal was disposed of by the NGT, April 29, 2019. However, the order was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC, November 26, 2024 disposed of …
The Chhattisgarh government has decided not to involve school teachers in extra duties other than teaching. The decision comes as a response to the education department's proposal to free about 160,000 government school teachers from additional burdens such as health campaigns, census surveys, relief work during calamities and preparation of …
the Chhattisgarh government is planning to ban gutka (chewing tobacco) from January next year. Though talks of banning the flavoured chewing tobacco have been going on for the past two years, state health officials say the issue assumed urgency after a high concentration of magnesium carbonate, a toxic substance, was …
a primitive peasant rebellion is not quite in keeping with the modern India with its soaring Sensex, extravagant malls and industrious call centres. A ragtag militia of rabble-rousers mouthing Marx and Mao and demanding land rights seems horribly antediluvian in times of Bollywood dreams and it ambitions. A hit-and-run force …
With a view to assessing the potential environmental impacts due to proposed activities, M/s Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd., retained M/s Anacon Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur to undertake Environmental Impact Assessment studies. The report envisages the assessment of the impact of various environmental components and its mitigation measures in order …
the Supreme Court on August 24, 2007, ordered Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh governments to respond to a petition to clarify the status of at least 1.2 million hectares (ha). Called Orange area because it was marked in that colour on the map, both the revenue and forest departments of the …
a mutli-crore scam in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) recently came to light in Chhattisgarh's Naxal-affected Kanker district. The state government has suspended K P Dewangan, chief executive officer (ceo) of Kanker Janpad panchayat on August 4 and transferred Kanker district collector G S Dhananjay, …
in an unusual incident, Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd's public hearing in Raigarh was called off because "the company was unable to adequately answer issues raised by the public'. The company's plans to expand its iron and steel plant in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, has further run into trouble with allegations of …
On water The EIA has withheld crucial data on local water resources. The company proposes to source its water requirement of 46,000 cubic metres per day from the Mahanadi river. But whether the Mahanadi will be able to meet this requirement, especially during summers, has been left to imagination. The …
in a country seeking rapid industrialisation at all costs, suspension of an industrial project on environmental grounds is a rarity. But that's precisely what happened to a project of Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited in Chattisgarh. What is even rarer, in this case, is that the much abused environmental clearance …
Agricultural diversification has been a well established traditional farming strategy adopted individually or collectively by Indian farmer or farming communities since time immemorial to minimize risk associated with specialized production system and to ensure household food security. The state of Chhattisgarh has launched a massive crop diversification programme to support …
a recent full-page advertisement by the Chhattisgarh government for the post of 129 sub-engineers has left prospective applicants shocked because of three conditions tagged with it. One, an applicant should not have more than two children. Two, the elder child should not be more than six years old. Three, the …
One of the largest aluminium producers in the country with a market share of more than 30 per cent, Balco is poised to play a significant role in the context of globalisation. The company has achieved a dramatic surge in productivity and profit within a short span of five years …
We are writing to make known to the international medical community the shocking imprisonment of Binayak Sen on May 14, 2007, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. A well known paediatrician and public-health specialist, Sen's is a rare example of the cost of involvement in civil rights activism by …
entry of government officials in Chandan Nagar in Sarguja district of Chhattisgarh has been banned with effect from May 1, 2007. This comes after series of long-standing protests by people against a proposed 1,000-mw thermal power plant in the district. iffco Chhattisgarh Power Limited (icpl) is a joint venture between …
the Chhattisgarh government is dragging its feet on recommendations of the state Public Accounts Committee (pac) in the Sheonath river water supply deal in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district. The committee in its report tabled in the state assembly on March 16, asked the government to cancel the deal and initiate criminal …
the Chhattisgarh government recently announced it would market a popular local alchoholic beverage made from a palm species unaware that a mysterious disease has slowly been killing the species over the past five years. The state's fishtail palm, popularly known as sulphi, has been drying up in state's Naxal-affected Bastar …
Following one of the fiercest attacks by Naxals in Chhattisgarh, in which at least 55 police personnel were killed in Bastar, the state government has announced the setting up of an expert committee to look into the Naxal problem in the state. "We want a new strategy on Naxalites to …
Plans to increase ethanol content in gasoline face delay due to procurement problems The government has plans to increase the amount of ethanol in blended gasoline from 5 per cent to 10 per cent. This is likely to be done during the course of the ongoing calendar year. "Measures have …
